Whoa! Only 10 days until I’m a dad! Time for a baby countdown playlist. There are tons of songs that would be perfect for this (Paul Simon, Ben Folds, Darius Rucker, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, etc), but they’re just a bit too lovey dovey. They’re good songs, but I have a feeling my daughter would be embarrassed someday if she saw a playlist with those in it. So…here are some songs that I hope my girl will appreciate. Continue reading
Oh man. The greatest keyboardist in rock history passed away today at the age of 74. His classic keyboard sounds were as much part of “The Doors” as Jim Morrison’s voice or Robby Krieger’s guitar. There are very few bands, such as The Doors, that had a sound all of their own and he was a big reason for that. One of THEE greatest musicians of all-time. Continue reading
I can’t get enough of the new Spin Doctors blues album, “If the River Was Whiskey!” It’s so damn good. I love everything about it. I love the Spin Doctors. I LOVE the blues. I love the raw energy on it. I love that they didn’t overdub tracks—what they recorded is what you get. It adds a little character and feeling to the recording. Most music nowadays is so Continue reading
George Jones passed away today at the age of 81. I was never much of a country fan until the past few years. As a kid my Grandma always had the classic country station on in the background. I never really cared about it at the time, but it got engrained in my head. When I finally realized that I had been missing out my whole life, I started to really Continue reading
Richie Havens, the legendary Woodstock icon, passed away from a heart attack yesterday at the age of 72. I had always heard the name, but it wasn’t until a few years ago when I found a used copy of Mixed Bag for a couple bucks, that I really started to appreciate his music. Such a unique sound and style. His guitar strumming was just so intense. Continue reading
Albert King was FINALLY inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night. He was such an influence to so many guitar players. One of THE greatest. Blues power! Continue reading
It’s Rex Manning Day! Go celebrate tonight by watching one of the greatest movies from the nineties, Empire Records. The movie, and its great soundtrack, defined growing up in the nineties. It also gave us the cult-like legend, Sexy Rexy. Continue reading
Here’s a very cool cool mosaic of Jimi Hendrix, made from 4,000 Fender guitar picks. Pretty crazy stuff. It was created by Manchester artist Ed Chapman who was commissioned by Fender to mark the release of the new album of Hendrix material, People, Hell and Angels.
Today would have been the 81st birthday of the Man In Black. Johnny was one of the few artists in history to transcend all boundaries. He was rockabilly. He was folk. He was blues. He was country. He was a rebel. He was a badass. He was a junkie. He was a man of God. He was a legend. That’s why he’s probably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Continue reading
Today’s the birthday of the father of rock ‘n’ roll. Amazingly, he still plays live one Wednesday night a month at Blueberry Hill, a local club in his hometown of St. Louis. Every show sells out. And why wouldn’t it? My brother and I took a road trip to St. Louis in ’06 to see him. It was just after his 80th birthday and he was great. Even at 80, Continue reading